Palworld dev was surprised by Nintendo / Pokemon lawsuit, was “a very depressing day”
Posted on 2 weeks ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments
During a talk at GDC 2025, Pocketpair global community manager John Buckley responded to the lawsuit Nintendo and The Pokemon Company filed against the company over Palworld.
Buckley spoke about how the move came as a shock for Pocketpair since the team “did legal checks” before the game’s release. He also mentioned that “it didn’t feel good obviously” and “it was a very depressing day” when the lawsuit came in.
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4 ways the next Animal Crossing could improve multiplayer
Posted on 2 weeks ago by Ethan in Features, General Nintendo, Switch | 0 comments
One of the most highly-criticized features of Animal Crossing: New Horizons is its multiplayer system. Strangely enough, though, multiplayer was also one of the reasons the game became such a runaway success. It released during the beginning of the pandemic in 2020, which played a big part in why New Horizons sold almost 50 million units. Players were able to use Animal Crossing as something of a communication medium during this time – where people couldn’t meet up and hang out in real life, they still could in Animal Crossing to an extent. That being said, once players actually visited each others’ islands, they found that there wasn’t all that much to do. You could take others on a quick tour of your island, but that wouldn’t take much time After that, all that’s left is to walk around and look at things. Animal Crossing’s multiplayer has always been like this, to an extent, but its shallowness kind of hit a peak with New Horizons.
So today, we’re looking at multiplayer in the Animal Crossing series and how Nintendo could improve it for the next game in the series. There’s real potential for something great here, and we have some ideas on how to make it much better.
Pokemon Build-A-Bear plushie line reveals Wooper
Posted on 3 weeks ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments
Build-A-Bear is back with the announcement of another Pokemon Build-A-Bear plushie, and next up is Wooper.
Wooper, originally appeared in Generation 2 with Pokemon Gold and Silver. The Water Fish creature is known for the transparent mucous membrane covering its body.
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Nintendo San Francisco store announced [update: opening date]
Posted on 3 weeks ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments
May 24: Nintendo will open a new store in San Francisco, the company just announced.
This is notable news as the company only had one official store previously in the United States. That of course is Nintendo New York. The location first opened in 2005 and was first called the Nintendo World store. In 2016, it was rebranded to Nintendo New York.
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Nintendo Sound Clock: Alarmo teardown shows it has Switch 2-rumored tech Hall effect sensor
Posted on 3 weeks ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Switch 2 | 0 comments
iFixit recently posted a teardown of Nintendo Sound Clock: Alarmo, and while there aren’t massive discoveries, it has been found that the device makes use of a Hall effect sensor – which is rumored for Nintendo Switch 2.
With the sensor, iFixit mentions that this will help preserve the alarm clock in the long-term. This is more resistant to wear and tear, so it shouldn’t break as easily. Additionally, the sensor helps to improve accuracy while using the dial to navigate the alarm clockâs menus
Pokemon GO dev Niantic to sell its gaming business to Scopely [update: official]
Posted on 3 weeks ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Mobile, News | 0 comments
February 18: According to a report from Bloomberg, Niantic is gearing up for a sale of its video game business to Scopely. The outlets cites “several people familiar with the discussions.”
No official announcements have been made at this time. However, Bloomberg states that a price of $3.5 billion is currently being thrown around. An official announcement is expected in the weeks ahead.
More: Niantic, Pikmin Bloom, Pokemon GO, top
SNES consoles appear to get faster as they age, according to new data
Posted on 3 weeks ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments
New research has been conducted about the SNES, indicating that Nintendo’s classic console is actually getting faster as it ages.
Over on Bluesky, TASbot asked system owners to help with the data gathering process. Eligible users ran the smpspeed ROM test from lidnariq through flash carts. 143 users participated, and based on the results, SNES consoles are running faster in 2025 compared to the system’s original specifications. We’re able to see that the Audio Processing Unit (APU) runs faster than it did previously. This has the possibility of notes having the capability to be played at a higher pitch.
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LEGO Super Mario reveals Mario & Standard Kart set
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There’s another announcement coming out of MAR10 Day, which is a new LEGO Mario Kart set. The Mario & Standard Kart will be available on May 15, 2025.
This is a brand new build-and-display model. It features “a buildable Mario figure with a posable head and arms, sitting behind the wheel of the most iconic Mario Kart vehicle of all.” Also included is a stand that lets the product be shown at a dynamic angle.
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Nintendo Sound Clock: Alarmo adding Super Mario Bros. theme
Posted on 3 weeks ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments
In celebration of MAR10 Day, Nintendo has announced that Nintendo Sound Clock: Alarmo is making a new theme available based on Super Mario Bros. It will be available tomorrow for those in North America and today for owners of the hardware in Europe.
Getting the new theme is simple. You’ll naturally need an internet connection, but you can download all of the necessary data right from the menu where you add alarms.
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Potential storylines for the The Super Mario Bros. Movie 2
Posted on 3 weeks ago by Ethan in Features, General Nintendo | 0 comments
The Super Mario Bros. Movie is almost two years old already. When it first released in April 2023, it was received fairly well as far as video game movies go – and it became one of the most successful animated movies of all time. That said, one of its shortcomings was its story. It moved quite fast, separated Mario and Luigi at the start, and overall didn’t feature a ton of character depth or development. That’s fairly typical for the first movie in a series, though.
Indeed, we’ve received confirmation that there is a second movie “based on the world of Super Mario Bros.” in development. There’s no word on exactly what it will be. It’s probably safe to assume that it will simply be The Super Mario Bros. Movie 2, but there’s a chance it could be based around Donkey Kong or possibly someone else. So today, we’re discussing some potential plot point ideas for the next Mario movie, which we may even see for Mario Day this year. In order to best predict potential storylines for the next movie, we do have to spoil many elements of the first film – so keep that in mind before you continue reading.
